NEW SPECIES OF THY SAh OPT ERA— MORGAN. 31 



bearing a few minute spines scattered over the surface. Mesothorax 

 dark brown at the sides, remamder light brown. Mesonotum fuiely 

 transversely striate, spines minute. Metanotum very finely longi- 

 tudinally striate. Anterior angles of mesothorax abrupt. Width 

 of mesothorax at anterior margin only very slightly greater than 

 width of metathorax at its juncture with abdomen. The sides of 

 these two segments are slightly convex and areolate. Wings of 

 medium size. Fringes straight and simple. Extreme base of ante- 

 rior wing yellow, and bearing on anterior margin, basally, tliree very 

 light-colored spines with dilated tips. Legs of medium length, stout, 

 fore femora somewhat enlarged; fore tarsi unarmed; color dark brown, 

 fore tarsi a lighter brown. A stout, Mght brown spine at tip of each 

 posterior tibia without. Femora and tibiae transversely striate, and 

 clothed vni\\ numerous short, stout, dark brown spines. 



Abdomen broad, nearly one-half as wide as long (the specimen is, 

 however, considerably contracted abdominally, which accounts 

 largely for the apparent great width of the abdomen); sides nearly 

 parallel from second to fourth segments, inclusive, tapering gradually 

 thence to the seventh segment; the eighth and ninth converge very 

 abruptly to the base of the tube. Segments overlap for almost half 

 their length. Prominent spines on segments 2 to 8 rather stout, w^th 

 tips slightly dilated. Spines at tip of ninth segment blunt, those at 

 tip of tenth segment long, slender, light brown, and sharply pointed. 

 The tube at the tip bears six long spines and six shorter ones. Dor- 

 sum of first abdominal segment areolate; second segment areolate on 

 anterior portion, transversely striate on remainder. Remaining 

 segments striate at the sides. 



Described from one specimen. 



LocaUty, Quincy, Florida. May 21, 1910. 



Swept from Spice bush. 



A. C. Morgan, collector. 



Type.— Cs^t. No. 15734, U. S. N. M. 



TRICHOTHRIPS HOODI, new species. 



Figs. 58-60. 



Female. — Length, 1.6 mm.; length of head, 0.21; width of head, 

 0.21; meso thorax, width, 0.36. General color, very dark brown. 



Head, broadly rounding in front, nearly black, converging behind, 

 widest just behind the eyes; cheeks very nearly straight, slightly 

 roughened, very sparsely and weakly spinose, front slightly raised 

 and produced between the eyes, the anterior ocellus at the extremity 

 of the projection, other ocelli situated well forward and close to mar- 

 gins of the eyes. Eyes of medium size, black, rather finely facetted, 

 not protniding. Postocular spines of medium length, stout, blunt, 



